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Florida's complete streets law led officials to tack on bike and pedestrian infrastructure without changing the car-centric nature of the state's transportation planning. Photo: Weinstein Legal

Florida’s Complete Streets Law Saved Thousands of Lives, and That Wasn’t Enough

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 18, 2018

A new study highlights the successes and shortcomings of the state's 1984 law that mandated consideration of walking and biking routes in transportation projects.

Currently Far South Side transit riders need to board buses from the 95th Street Red Line station to get home. The Red Line extension would shorten many commutes. Photo: John Greenfield

Help Us Raise $50K by 8/1 to Win a $50K Grant From The Chicago Community Trust

By John Greenfield | Apr 3, 2018 | 4 Comments

With the additional $25K the Trust is offering this year, we plan to hire a new part-time reporter to expand our coverage of the South and West sides, communities of color, and women's transportation issues.

Former Chainlink owner Julie Hochstadter, who's 4'9" tall, rides a Divvy with the seat all the way down to zero at the June 2013 launch event. Photo: John Greenfield

Where Do Divvy Riders of Various Sizes Prefer to Set the Saddle Height?

By John Greenfield | Mar 31, 2018 | 14 Comments

Alex Z., a member of the social networking site The Chainlink, recently started a thread asking Divvy users how tall they are, and at what number they seat the seat post height on the bike-share cycles. With permission from Chainlink owner Yasmeen Schuller, I’ve used my expert graphing skills to plot these data points. Perhaps […]

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 9

By AJ LaTrace | Mar 9, 2018 | 4 Comments

$6.1 Billion O’Hare Expansion Includes New Underground Train (Crain’s) A List of CTA Service Changes for This Weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day Festivities (Tribune) Lake Street and Dearborn Street Bridges Were Closed This Morning for Testing (Sun-Times) Amazon Distribution Warehouses Just a Part of the Logistics Industry Boom (Tribune) An Interactive Graphic Showing Where Pothole Complaints […]

The Metra Electric District line. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

We’re Not Done With the Metra Electric District Line

By Peter Taylor | Mar 8, 2018 | 22 Comments

Far South Sider Peter Taylor discusses why we need to convert the electric line to rapid transit service and integrate the fare system with the CTA.

It took six years of advocacy for Philadelphia to get this 11-block bike lane on Chestnut. Immediately after its construction, the council member got cold feet. Photo: Bike Coalition of Greater Philadelphia

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Philly Rolls Out Bike Lanes at a Snail’s Pace, and Mayor Jim Kenney May Slow Down Progress Even More

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 6, 2018

Two years into Kenney's tenure, it already seems unlikely that he'll achieve his promise to improve the bike network.

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